That's What He Said
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What He Meant / What's Correct
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"If I'd brought in some burritos or some colored greens, or some pad Thai"
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Collard greens
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"He (Michael) says personnel day. Are we hiring?" - Dwight Schrute "I think he meant [answer] day" - Pam Beesly
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Personal
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"You know what they say, keep your friends close"
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Keep your friends close and YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER
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"…there's no rest for the sick"
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No rest for the wicked/weary
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"That’s fancy feast. Ultra feast is something they made up so they can pig out together in the name of ceremony" - Oscar Martinez "What is October feast?" - Michael Scott
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Oktoberfest
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Why don’t you ask if Darryl is a bad friend who backstabs people in the back?
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backstabs people OR stabs people in the back
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"Today I am headed over to the job fair (…) to find some new interns. Get some fresh blood. Um, euthanize this place"
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Youthanize (not coined) OR Rejuvenate/Revitalize
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"Ah, yes… There's the X-Aksiks"
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X-Axis
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"I believe the expression was cut off your nose it's a spider-face" - Jim Halpert quoting Michael
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Cut off your nose to spite your face
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"...it's really beyond words. It's really incalculacable"
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Incalculable
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"Why don’t you enliven me?"
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Enlighten
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"Do you like TCBY?" - Michael Scott "Who doesn’t?" - Jim Halpert "I can’t believe it’s... I can’t believe it’s yogurt" - Michael Scott
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TCBY - The Country's Best Yogurt ICBIY - I can’t believe it’s yogurt
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"You can be (…) a... migraine worker"
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Migrant worker
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"No, Dwight! Respect. R-E-S-P-svee-T"
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
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"…find out if there are any skelletons in his attic"
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Skelletons in the closet
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"Check it out. Christmas bonus. 3,000 Gs"
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3000 (dollars) OR 3 Gs (grand)
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"You know what they say: fool me once, strike one. Fool me twice... strike three"
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Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me
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I have a disease. (…) I cant even say it. H... I... R-P-E-E-S
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H-E-R-P-E-S
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(after spanking his twenty something nephew) "There are many different schools of thought on capital punishment"
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Corporal punishment
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"the early worm gets the worm"
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Early bird catches the worm
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